What does the father of the groom wear?

Any wedding I've been to where tuxes were involved, the father of the groom wore one also. Think about it this way...the moms attire is normally of the same formality so the dads should be too.

I've seen both... father of the groom in a tux... and some in a nice suite. If he and the FMIL aren't walking down the aisle as part of the procession than why waste money on a tux? But if they are then I would say definitely have him get fitted for a tux so it's all uniform.

We are having both my FFIL and my Brother(who is giving me away) in tuxs. We just have them a different color than the best man and grooms. We are doing chocolate tuxedos, FH is wearing ivory vest/tie, best man and ring barrier are wearing dusty rose vest/tie, brother and FFIL are wearing chocolate vest/tie. That way everyone ties in together but my bro and FFIL aren't in the same colors.

Not that you have to follow it, but here is some etiquette advice similar to your situation:

http://www.foreverwed.com/articles/etiquette/456385f.html

@chell - I love your idea! Very nice way to tie it all together yet still distinguish everyone.

It depends on how formal the wedding is but if he wants to wear one i would let him

I was confused about this too, at first. But my parents told me it is pretty traditional for the fathers of the bride AND groom to both wear tuxedos if the wedding party is. We're doing something similar to chell. All the of the wedding party will be in black tuxes, but FH will be wearing a white tie/vest, groomsmen and ushers will wear yellow tie/vest, and my dad and groom's dad will wear black tie/vest. Will look nice, but like Karen said, will still distinguish everyone.

My personal thought it would look better in pictures if he's wearing a tux. But since he's not in the wedding processional a suit be ok if he doesn't want to wear a tux.

A tux

The father of the groom does usually wear a tux. my ffil is kind of a big guy so he can wear a suit if he wants... hell, my dad can wear a suit if he wants! just leave it up to him

I think either is ok. I gave my dad the choice of wearing a tux or a suit. Since he'd just spent a load of cash on new suits he opted to wear one of his suits. My FHs father is deceased so there was no other father to compare his clothes too.

I was going to let FIL wear whatever he wanted, but MIL decided he should wear a tux. He rented the same kind of tux as my dad.

Both fathers of the bride and groom wear tuxes . . . step-fathers as well. Usually, they've gotten the same tux as the wedding party. You can give them a different color vest of you like. Make sure you specify the tie and vest type and color to your tux rental shop. Or, if you have no preference, make sure you let them know that they can pick whatever they want. I am going to ask the mothers to get a dress that goes with the wedding and bridesmaid's color schemes. I'd like for the dad's vests to match their wife's dresses.

A Tux is proper. Also if he will be in the formal photos just a suit would look out of place.

I have a slightly different situation in that our ceremony is less formal and both my father and my step-father will be walking me down the aisle, both wearing nice suits (not tuxes), and not matching each other. The groom and groomsmen will be wearing dress slacks, shirts, vests and ties. The MOG is INSISTING that the groom's father should be dressed identically to the groomsmen, which I REALLY do not want but rather would want him to wear a nice suit like the other fathers. MOB is also not matching the BMs, and MOG thinks she should, which I also don't want. I personally feel that the parents are special (and very loved) and while they should look nice for the wedding, should not try to look like part of the bridal party. Advice please?

Leave this up to the father or the groom, but let him know the what the groomsmen are wearing so that the formality level matches! The FOG shouldn't be dressed more formally than the groom and groomsman, but can certainly wear coordinating attire if they want to!

Check out our gallery of Real Weddings to see what those FOGs actually wore

View Quoted Comment I’m on here trying to figure some things out. My mother wants my dad to wear a black tuxedo. However everyone in the wedding is wearing gray suits including my FH his will be gun metal gray. I don’t want my dad to be formal when even the groom is not and I feel it takes away from his day. Am I wrong?

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Hi Amanda! I agree with you that your dad should not be dressed more formally than the groom and groomsmen! I would tell your dad that the guys are wearing gray suits, and let him know that he can wear whatever color suit he wants (but no tuxes ).

View Quoted Comment Unfortunately I know it’s my mother that’s doing it not him. She said she already purchased the tuxedo. It looks nothing like the suits we are using. The black is his tuxedo she just purchased online. The gray is the groomsmen suit.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for your input. Now I know the formality. So hopefully my mom will learn what not to do for my little sisters weddings when ever they decided to get married.